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I'm a deer headlighted on a highway at night
Paralyzed with fear -- might be terminal fright --
I hear my poor heart beatin' like my momma's did
Back before the time that I became a kid
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Wasn't long ago this seemed like paradise
I look around now it's not so nice
Traded trees for condos, grass for concrete,
Made our world a lot hotter and harder on our feet
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Unlike the birds in the air or the fishes in the sea
I've lost the sense of place that seems right for me
Our society's rules are Kafkaesque
Our rank in the world mediocre at best
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Lyin' and spyin' and corrupted down the line
Our government says what I paid for ain't mine
They're takin' from the needy, givin' more to those not,
Got a justice system with systemic rot
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History is the roadway
That we can ride to a better day
Like Mandela and King
We need to stand for what's right
Overcome our fears
And engage in the fight --
For change
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"Officer Friendly"'s been replaced
By a milit'rized killer -- what a disgrace --
Our courts've sold out to the lowest bids
And now we like to jail our disturbed school kids
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Corporations are reachin' across the big ponds to buy
Trade deals from the unisex demimondes
Who sit up on pedastaled government seats
Lookin' down on the masses they've fed to the streets
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Let's change our ways while we have the time
Instead of livin' our lives like a pantomime
Throw away our smartphones, give up HBO,
Quit makin' war to help profits grow
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Stop the macing of people for speakin' their minds
'Cause Amendment 1 is where our right's defined
Take the power back for people, let our anger be heard,
Remember government is intended to serve ... us
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History is the roadway
That we can ride to a better day
Like Mandela and King
We need to stand for what's right
Overcome our fears
And engage in the fight --
For change
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